The Billabong Pipe Masters 2019 was the 11th and final event of the Men's Championship Tour in the 2019 World Surf League. It took place from 9 to 19 December at the Banzai Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii, and was contested by 36 surfers.[1]
In an all-Brazilian final, Italo Ferreira defeated Gabriel Medina to win the sixth Championship Tour event of his career. The victory also secured a first World Surf League championship for Ferreira.[2]
A new competition format was introduced for the 2019 Championship Tour. All 36 surfers take part in the Seeding Round. The top two surfers in each heat advance directly to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer in each heat enters the Elimination Round. In each of the four heats in the Elimination Round, the top two surfers advance to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer is eliminated from the competition. From the Round of 32 onwards, the competition follows a single elimination format, with the winner of each head-to-head heat advancing to the next round and the loser being eliminated.[3]
Competition
The competition took place from 9 to 19 December.[4]
Seeding Round
Heat 1 | | 1 | Soli Bailey | | 14.33 | | | 2 | Conner Coffin | | 7.17 | | | 3 | Kanoa Igarashi | | 4.70 | | | | Heat 3 | | 1 | Filipe Toledo | | 11.93 | | | 2 | Deivid Silva | | 6.07 | | | 3 | Ricardo Christie | | 4.10 | | | |
Heat 5 | | 1 | Gabriel Medina | | 17.30 | | | 2 | Willian Cardoso | | 7.56 | | | 3 | Imaikalani deVault | | 6.10 | | | Heat 6 | | 1 | Billy Kemper | | 15.63 | | | 2 | Italo Ferreira | | 10.67 | | | 3 | Michael Rodrigues | | 5.60 | | | Heat 7 | | 1 | Owen Wright | | 7.94 | | | 2 | Jack Freestone | | 4.90 | | | 3 | L. Fioravanti | | 1.40 | | | Heat 8 | | 1 | Adrian Buchan | | 7.76 | | | 2 | Jesse Mendes | | 7.33 | | | 3 | John Florence | | 4.57 | | |
Heat 9 | | 1 | Ezekiel Lau | | 16.93 | | | 2 | Caio Ibelli | | 15.00 | | | 3 | Jérémy Florès | | 11.60 | | | | Heat 11 | | 1 | Joan Duru | | 15.00 | | | 2 | Julian Wilson | | 4.60 | | | 3 | Wade Carmichael | | 4.23 | | | Heat 12 | | 1 | Seth Moniz | | 9.34 | | | 2 | Ryan Callinan | | 5.77 | | | 3 | Yago Dora | | 1.90 | | |
Elimination round
Heat 1 | | 1 | Kanoa Igarashi | | 13.60 | | | 2 | Imaikalani deVault | | 8.00 | | | 3 | L. Fioravanti | | 3.26 | | | | Heat 3 | | 1 | Yago Dora | | 8.60 | | | 2 | Ricardo Christie | | 6.80 | | | 3 | Jérémy Florès | | 6.04 | | | Heat 4 | | 1 | Jadson André | | 12.40 | | | 2 | Wade Carmichael | | 9.57 | | | 3 | Michael Rodrigues | | 8.07 | | |
Round of 32
| Heat 2 | | 1 | Peterson Crisanto | | 10.17 | | | 2 | Conner Coffin | | 9.77 | | | Heat 3 | | 1 | Yago Dora | | 11.30 | | | 2 | Owen Wright | | 10.50 | | | Heat 4 | | 1 | Julian Wilson | | 8.30 | | | 2 | Willian Cardoso | | 3.40 | | |
| Heat 6 | | 1 | Jack Freestone | | 11.76 | | | 2 | Ryan Callinan | | 7.53 | | | Heat 7 | | 1 | Seth Moniz | | 15.26 | | | 2 | Billy Kemper | | 13.00 | | | |
| Heat 10 | | 1 | Caio Ibelli | | 8.84 | | | 2 | Wade Carmichael | | 4.43 | | | | |
Round of 16
| Heat 2 | | 1 | Yago Dora | | 7.50 | | | 2 | Julian Wilson | | 6.27 | | | Heat 3 | | 1 | Jack Freestone | | 5.00 | | | 2 | Ricardo Christie | | 4.23 | | | |
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
References
- ^ "Billabong Pipe Masters, Dec 8 - 20, 2019". World Surf League. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Italo Ferreira Claims Maiden Surfing World Title, Wins Billabong Pipe Masters". Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ "Updates to the 2019 CT Format". World Surf League. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Billabong Pipe Masters 2019 / Event PDF". World Surf League. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
External links
- 2019 Official event website